Review: papanicolaou and wet mount smears have low sensitivity but high specificity for detecting vaginal trichomoniasis
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A meta-analysis of the Papanicolaou smear and wet mount for the diagnosis of vaginal trichomoniasis.
PURPOSE To obtain reliable estimates of the sensitivity and specificity of the cervical Papanicolaou (Pap) smear and wet mount to diagnose vaginal trichomoniasis. METHODS Articles indexed in MEDLINE (1976-1998) about diagnostic tests for trichomoniasis and their listed references were retrieved. Thirty studies (9,501 patients) that used trichomonas culture as a gold standard were selected. St...
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عنوان ژورنال: Evidence-Based Medicine
سال: 2000
ISSN: 1356-5524
DOI: 10.1136/ebm.5.6.186